In November 2019 EBCDA trained fourteen participants in ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training). Thank you to all who attended and we are pleased to have facilitated fourteen more caregivers in our community. ASIST is a two-day interactive workshop that prepares caregivers to provide life-assisting suicide firist-aid intervention.

East Belfast Community Development Agency are providing local bars and clubs with free beermats as part of their ongoing work in suicide prevention. The beermats have been designed to encourage anyone who might be having thoughts of suicide to make contact with services who can help and include contact details for 24/7 local sour